Eric Holmes
Eric Holmes, a three-time ARCA Menards Series West champion, is among the 21st class of inductees into the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images for NASCAR)

West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame welcoming 21st class on June 6 at Sonoma Raceway

www.arcaracing.com June 3, 2024

BAKERSFIELD, California – The West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame will celebrate its 21st round of inductions, presented by World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, on Thursday, June 6 at Sonoma Raceway’s Turn 11 Club in Sonoma, Calif.

The event, which at more than 500 guests is both sold out and largest in the organization’s history, will host luminaries from throughout the  motorsports universe. The program also will reveal the 2024 Knockin’ Doorz Down Philanthropist of the Year presented by 51FIFTY.

Highlights of the induction ceremonies will be broadcast later this summer, network, air dates and broadcast times to be announced.

Members of the Class of 2024 are the late Dick Cobb, Las Vegas, Nev., winner of eight track championships over a 45-year racing career in Nevada and California; Eric Holmes, Escalon, Calif., winner of three NASCAR West (now ARCA Menards Series West) titles; Jimmie Johnson, El Cajon, Calif., seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion; Jimmy Vasser, Canoga Park, Calif., 10-time Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) winner, Indianapolis 500 co-owner champion and 2023 IMSA GTD championship co-owner; and Calvin (Cal) Wells III, NASCAR Cup Series race winning team owner, Off-Road Hall of Fame inductee and current chief executive officer of Legacy Motor Club.

The 2024 Heritage class, which also will be inducted, is comprised of the late Joe Huffaker, San Francisco, Indianapolis car builder and Sports Car Club of America owner’s champion; Steve Lewis, Colton, Calif., 10-time United States Auto Club National Midget car owner’s champion; Emmett Malloy, Inglewood, Calif., builder of famed Carrell Speedway in Southern Calif. and son Tom Malloy, Villa Park, Calif., two-decade historic car competitor and USAC midget team owner; and Paula Murphy, Granada Hills, Calif., first woman licensed by the National Hod Rod Association to drive a nitromethane-fueled car and land speed record holder.

The organization’s first Pioneers of Speed will be enshrined. They are Johnny Boyd, Jack Dill, Fred Frame, Ted Horn, Frank Lockhart, Rex Mays, Jimmy Murphy, Bob Swanson, Ernie Triplett and Louis Vermeil.